This Video Has 72,330,011 Views

The title of this video should change with the times. But nothing lasts forever: here's the story of how I made it work, why it used to be easier to make that work, and how it all ties in to the White Cliffs of Dover and the end of the universe.
Edited by Michelle Martin: / @onthecrux
Includes an accelerated section of "Traduction automatique des flux d'information (Yahoo Pipes IV)" by Laurent Moccozet, which is licensed under CC-by: • Traduction automatique... - the remainder of this video does not fall under that license.
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[@Brklyn583]

I love how this vid appears on my recommend every once in a while.

[@crystal_snowii]

Ikr

[@lydiasulovska]

Ikr

[@a33llta70]

Yup

[@berzerk3561]

realtable moment

[@chilingamer]

Same

[@cienciabit]

This is a TED talk, but with better background.

[@Bouncymotive]

Cienciabit: Ciencia y Tecnología. Exposed on my channel

[@ortherner]

yep

[@khalilt6508]

Spot on!

[@MeowieGamer]

What

[@7legendarimeh867]

All his videos are

[@chiiblossom]

The title has been 100% accurate every time I’ve clicked on this video

[@sophiebryant2388]

cause he changes the title lmao

[@rosecullen4429]

Yes, he's changed it millions of times. It's why he retired. It's all he does​@@sophiebryant2388

[@trotskyboi8830]

​@@sophiebryant2388I mean did you watch the video? He literally says that by now the algorithm shoyld have broken, but it's still working, which is cool.

[@reiderapprentice6718]

@@sophiebryant2388 no he doesnt, the code automatically changes it for him every once in a while. its literally explained in the video

[@Leywaaaa]

​@@sophiebryant2388No the script does

[@TheJamalThomas]

How did I not get recommended this video in four years til now?

[@Dibbs.]

Time to binge

[@ItzNot_Gage]

lmfao

[@jordy2299]

Tom: “if it’s actually spot on, it’s a miracle”
It’s spot on

[@mrpizza_5139]

It’s a miracle

[@iqceo4276]

It’s a miracle

[@qjzxa]

It’s a miracle

[@ianseldoon1197]

I ate a hotdog.

[@OBrusolino]

@@ianseldoon1197 It's a miracle

[@idkmyusername1677]

The title is completely accurate, I couldn’t be happier.

[@h6_]

Not anymore

[@gaelmargrace]

@@h6_ still

[@akashi7288]

Now it's not

[@MJStno]

yh

[@physicists9486]

Funny how people are still watching it. Luv it

[@commenter3002]

"If it's actually 100% spot-on, it's a miracle"
Today I witnessed a miracle

[@DuckThatSpreadsNegitivity]

It’s been a miracle for four years

[@BuffABean]

Me to

[@Bulbasaurblaineplays]

Nope no miracle

[@drakysofficial]

Miracles truly happen. It’s perfect.

[@memesev]

Do you know if it's still possible?? I still don't know how to do it

[@OSW]

Revisiting this after watching a Man Carrying Thing video mentioning it.
Title: This Video Has 72,086,406 Views.
Description: 72,086,406 views
Hot dang! :) I love how Tom makes sure to end his videos with such thoughtful positivity.

[@Jeff-sr6fx]

Still working at 72,181,325

[@francescaa8331]

I found it off once in 2022, but a few weeks later, it had corrected itself. Every other time, it has been perfect.

[@fire_haven_wubbox]

He updates the title

[@shamusmoore]

SAME

[@lovemizu2921]

pov: you're refreshing aggressively to see the title change

[@canthispotatoget10ksubs97]

🅿️🅿️
🅿️0️⃣0️⃣🅿️
🅿️0️⃣0️⃣

[@nediak2944]

Did it change?

[@nanettelawsin5573]

Maybe its really a miracle

[@yotengo2807]

k

[@God-hm5dt]

This guy's a genius. This video is the ultimate clickbait, except it isn't a clickbait!

[@LuminalNexus]

Agreed m8, agreed

[@basshead.]

He's a paid actor.

[@tanshiro8593]

4 years later, and it still working flawlessly

[@ellaqyk]

4 years later this system is still perfect

[@tobyk5091]

“The title will not be exactly spot on”
“That statement is exactly spot off”

[@IAm-zo1bo]

its not spot on

[@kryptosept1c470]

@@IAm-zo1bo it is

[@user-fl6ww3rs5q]

@Samuel Dunlap for me it is! 24,679,454 views!

[@ameera8423]

It is for me rn

[@justfootballstuff9907]

@@user-fl6ww3rs5q 24 737 512

[@Kirill17]

Came here for the title, left with a existential crisis.

[@salmaajs7qjaha806]

Ikr

[@NCXDKG]

Same

[@estellaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

funny seeing you here!

[@AndersJackson]

at least the code still works... :-)

[@merelvandenberg1858]

Yep.

[@purgruv]

Yep, still working, Tom!

[@The-Man-Of-Mystery]

The title is now just a flex more than anything

[@zachbladen]

This title went from a cool experiment to a massive flex.

[@genuinelyunfunny3705]

The most accurate flex in the entire Internet

[@osvaldomorinigo]

The universal S

[@fbi2214]

Very much so

[@corrupteddude9853]

Him: *I flexed on 20M people because I simply changed the title too: "This video has 20M views."*

[@theactualpanda5096]

Him: “don’t bother refreshing and refreshing”
Me: *refreshes anyway*

[@Cosmoxide]

UA-cam: Updates title.

[@IAm-zo1bo]

its actually wrong

[@ripli3275]

yep...

[@thedean-o5557]

Same

[@Fancypengin]

It's 100%spot on to this day!!

[@kamiw5864]

This keeps coming up very so often and I still am amazed at the meta genius of this.

[@boxed_in4357]

Just remember, that 10 years ago. This guy made a video called “two drums and a cymbal fall off a cliff”

[@Mentocthemindtaker]

Ah, but was it the white cliffs of Dover?

[@Auziee]

@@Mentocthemindtaker no

[@jacobselman4112]

That was this guy??????????!!!!!!!

[@voidsoul5359]

Wait a minute, that was him?

[@DJL3G3ND]

bruh was that really him lmao

[@frillzzz]

Tom: Title won’t be right
Title: Actually right
Tom: 🗿

[@oliverkennedy5442]

after 4 years its still persect

[@JeibiWhite]

It's amazing how this keeps ongoing, even if you play refresh you'll notice the increse. Awesome work

[@khanhjie]

I love how this video periodically gets recommended to us when the title is exactly right

[@panko605]

it did to me as well

[@mckennadevore8692]

@@samuelboczek1834 same

[@iwantcake7703]

happened again

[@kaybeedee]

It mainly has to do with the title changing
The algorithm does that whenever parts of a video change, whether it be the title or the thumbnail

[@dhilandhruvpatel2705]

It did it to me aswell

[@RepresentativeSea]

Tom: *says title will be a bit off*
Viewers: *reality is often disappointing*

[@BlazingCat]

Facts it’s 100% spot on

[@ragingoverwatch3052]

It’s off for me as well but damn it sure as hell is close

[@RavenStars]

Raging Overwatch not anymore

[@eh2286]

Its exact for me

[@Asli_Exist]

Exact same for me.

[@Raf-bb9xe]

I JUST WITNESSED A MIRACLE

[@j.petrie_]

The title is exactly right 4 years later on July 16 2024

[@bethanywatts3524]

Who else keeps getting recommended this and seeing how much it goes up?

[@nolooking802]

Me too

[@kremefn3940]

same for me bro

[@JonBoyen]

Yep me

[@mistakess]

ikr

[@nadyairawan1184]

it's me.

[@liamdaly04]

Tom: “The title won’t be exactly right”
The Title: Exactly right
UA-cam: So you think you’re smart do you?

[@noble2.164]

this comment looks familiar

[@liamdaly04]

Doge Guy grow up mate, there’s 132k comments and I read about 3 but if you think I’m sad enough to scroll through and copy another comment then fine but I can assure you you’re wrong. Jealousy at its finest.

[@chocolatecake8274]

Liam Daly lmao just because of a "this comment looks familiar" comment u wrote a whole paragraph? if anything ur offended af, admit it lmao

[@chocolatecake8274]

and its dont u

[@mattresscrusherz7099]

It’s exact every time I check

[@felix33617]

I love how this video has more than 72 million edited titles, and appearing on my recommendation every few weeks.

[@Knights_out]

dude i have been revisiting this for years and its always spot on, this just amazes me

[@amazinhaydz2032]

Fun fact: This title is probably the most refreshed title in all of UA-cam

[@GameyGaming]

G

[@billyofficial94]

It has to be, because otherwise if a video was uploaded at the beginning of youtube the title would need to be updated about 7000 times a day

[@shoesuke3206]

true

[@HazzySW1]

You boys have any idea why did this video explode recently? Remember it being at 32m views like a week ago

[@ImJustFusion]

@@HazzySW1 I smell cap

[@nameredacted5487]

I feel honored to see the title when it’s still exactly accurate and counting

[@MelkShek]

Nunya Bisness ikr

[@akiraandrews5630]

Same

[@smile2s218]

Yes me too

[@lamardavis9709]

Claim you’re blank blank view counter...

[@edgat5046]

SAME

[@stefanwentink3963]

Still spot on. It was in my recommended (again).

[@MaartenOostland]

4 years, 1 months and 7 days has passed and it's still working.
I love Tom's philosophical way of explaining.

[@OreOscar]

I was recommended this at 8.2 million. Then at 12m. Then at 18m. And finally 21m and now I’m finally watching it.

[@AlexandreJWKlaus]

every day since posting

[@dangergun2346]

I’ve been here since around 100k and I’m astonished on how much it’s grown

[@supremeworld7943]

Exactly

[@johnskeff4151]

Same

[@c64cosmin]

title stock market

[@redacted8577]

When the title is correct:
Impossible

[@basilsfakejordans]

I've seen it correct 20 times

[@lol_txch]

the views and the title changes 0-0

[@poloproductions4302]

Melissa Belmar Davis did you watch the video

[@_blnk_]

@@lol_txch the owner of the vid has the setting to chang the numbers or they can pause the views

[@_blnk_]

I know it cause iam a youtuber

[@NunnyNugget]

The day when this eventually does break is going to be one hell of a day

[@markonwuka666]

This is the best youtube video i watched this year. Thank You

[@carlangelocruz8057]

recommended huh? we assemble once again

[@kevinbeats8065]

No

[@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012]

Next video to be recommended is the video stuck at 300 views

[@user-gf8bx6oz7c]

Why is this on my recommendation page help me out

[@GamerVoid06]

remember me and i saw this video after it was uploaded

[@gappy3664]

Hi

[@seanpavone1606]

This has been recommended 3 times and hasn’t wrong once.

[@noobary]

Sameee

[@kulosefu]

I got wrong one

[@plutoandunicorn3404]

it’s wrong for me now 💔

[@mattyboi7491]

It's only been three months, after a year or two it'll slip

[@Tommy-zh1hp]

Wow same broooooo

[@mel13A]

The title is spot on for me!

[@DFWHoppe]

It is PRECISELY spot on.

[@AlcyoneSivin7]

1 year, 3 months, and 4 days later, its still accurate.

[@thmsrttg]

@@joelmokwenxuan4817 too bad you won't

[@introverted_artie]

IKR..

[@EezoTheChezo]

bruh stfu not everyone has a gaming pc they can’t always get hundreds or thousands of FPS

[@a09juanito87]

Yup, it is.

[@8k.1000]

Idc

[@holdenconvertino9280]

This feels like his final message to humanity before some secret organization got to him.

[@avothg3379]

AAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@humanclown3163]

Could be

[@mahnoorahmed47]

Who knows... Maybe students have to analyze his words in the future 👀

[@noahm7546]

Would love to like but its at 911 likes

[@icyeli9411]

Fr

[@studpuddin3476]

I love this video it's incredible and it's still functional 4 year later, good job

[@allfunnydogsstories2129]

Wow, I just got how seriously, genius this is😊😊😊

[@a21gx]

I literally come here every month and it’s perfect

[@lancable6288]

Same

[@rozannesolomon4577]

Same

[@cris7esxrobs862]

Not anymore 😌😏

[@VaultYT.]

Omg it’s perfect

[@RyanZA1]

@@VaultYT. it Automatically updates through script

[@fahadmahmud3353]

This is the perfect " never gets old " video

[@julidee_]

Fr

[@LanaaAmor]

Unfortunately, someday it will.

[@g00berthealien]

​@@LanaaAmor it did

[@synctic]

@@g00berthealien wdym its working?

[@abdirisakawes6544]

Ikr

[@NathanAdamsCars]

I saw this on day 1 but never assumed 4 years later it would still work.

[@cloxverlust]

4 years later and it still works, well done

[@thatonerandomginger]

I went straight to the views and wasn’t disappointed

[@ethanjohnson909]

what was it for you?

[@gloriamartinez5540]

Same 31,471,637

[@imeldajokowidodo1413]

@@gloriamartinez5540 now 31,489,070

[@blansteif]

@@imeldajokowidodo1413 mines just 31,491,466 views

[@ljketchersid5808]

31,494,477

[@a-yona]

More than one year later and it’s still 100% accurate

[@Lilty-cc1jv]

How?!

[@HassanAhmed-rf9xr]

Yep I can’t believe it

[@kyled2153]

Incredible

[@Plasmicballs]

Fun fact: everything is either a potato or not a potato

[@daoducquang216]

@@Plasmicballs it broke?

[@Nilim1234]

100% spot on after 4 years

[@705jrock]

It's perfect in may 2024.

[@ThatOneGuyYMK]

This feels like a part of UA-cam history.

[@jesuscraigslist4421]

It will be

[@TwiztidTrev666]

It is

[@owi2kd9dwj2ka9]

No
But in my history

[@Phield_Trip]

Existence=History

[@ThatOneGuyYMK]

It is

[@jabberwockthelemur2961]

A lot of people witnessing miracles, on this fine day.

[@philosophersfountain]

"fine day"

[@Ruby-Doc]

*_[about time 2020 experienced a miracle]_*

[@feedswagpeppa3976]

And I’ll name them

[@feedswagpeppa3976]

It’s a Rosa Reference do you guys even know who that is ?!?😂💀

[@strikeeaglechase1582]

Its a miracle today for me as well

[@zerpyzonut]

It was EXACTLY on point!

[@RuruDoodles]

100% on point no refresh needed holy moly

[@Rebel_Friend]

Honestly, this is the coolest “Monument” on UA-cam.

[@funandgames714]

More like Easter Egg

[@insertnamehere8099]

Fun and Games apart from the 8 year old video that still has 301 views.

[@lightningmcseed7303]

What about neutral response?

[@papapyker9541]

why does this have 666 likes I’m scared

[@maxpershin307]

Teacher: So what did everyone do during quarantine?
This guy: *Its complicated*

[@Filzz]

yes I ruined the 1k likes no comment thing YESSSSS

[@arteonyx]

He's tom scott

[@maunderminimum4367]

The guy has a name..

[@azza201]

Also old enough to be the teacher

[@xzem613]

h

[@Thyme-on_your_sidedish]

Spot on! I'm impressed.

[@tirthnandha652]

It's may 2024 and the code is still working. Massive respect!

[@froggytheman2995]

It's incredible how comments made an hour ago are getting 1000s of likes

[@cookiecrumble5076]

Ikr 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Reverse_Goat]

Trying to get likes oh i see

[@spiritle9284]

Ikr

[@dsasda9896]

Not yours though

[@lenivys]

This was literally made an our ago-

[@Astro-ug1hg]

At this point I would be more surprised if the title was wrong.

[@newend2116]

its wrong rn

[@user-wg6cb7up7p]

@@newend2116 nope

[@MAP233224]

It's been wrong once for me but now it's back to 100% accuracy

[@capk5471]

not just accurate its magic!

[@simonjames9481]

As of now its wrong the title says 32,870,178 while the actual views is 32,870,305

[@wolfer3283]

Log, 15th of July, 2024. The Title is still correct

[@RhyzVids]

The fact that it’s always accurate will never cease to amaze me

[@mavinshavin]

i thought the title and views is just luck and meant to confuse one person and i got so happy

[@AstroVisionProjector]

Its a bot

[@szelll]

@@AstroVisionProjector we can see u typed it 15 minutes ago, not 15 years

[@tehnz]

@@szelll *really???????????????*

[@decencies]

‌h‌m yes‍

[@AJSRPlays0105]

I just view this and did not add views at all

[@benkwok992]

This video is getting so many views from people coming back to see if it’s still accurate

[@airmand7718]

Yep. I noticed that

[@scritch8833]

*distantly screaming* you've been trolled, you've been trolled...

[@ilovecats6122]

I saw it once get messed up but it was fixed

[@memusdankious6551]

Are u a jojo reference

[@guslevogus6098]

We've been bamboozled

[@SS1971SS]

4 years later, still works perfectly

[@UntiGuy]

this is 100% spot on

[@TherealLorinser]

People literally pushing UA-cam's limit no matter what.

[@rishabhbhatt1534]

Hey gigachad.. I thought you weren't real

[@TherealLorinser]

@@rishabhbhatt1534 same thought

[@name-cn4wv]

Not really the limit, just a bot renaming the title to the video views in simple

[@fotrnite9fortnight635]

Your profile picture is the peak of humanity

[@mr.worldwide6422]

Nice pfp

[@gentrydean3789]

"The code was never the important part"
Sounds like the pivotal part in a film where the protagonist has a deep realization.

[@christopherstein2024]

Sounds like "I am always angry" but in matrix.

[@comp]

Wow stole my comment

[@jameswillson9679]

The real code was inside us all along...

[@killer120070507]

Someone's watching Westworld

[@anon.8971]

The real matrix was the friends we made along the way

[@ratthew123]

a miracle is currently taking place

[@gamerbhoy1042]

“The title of this video won’t be exactly correct”
Me: “you lied to me”

[@safwanerislani8478]

that is not the video the video is This Video Has 29,550,987 Views or 30,000,000 views that is updating

[@elhadj3475]

@@safwanerislani8478 yes

[@Bluefacade]

This guy sounds like he’s telling us something from the future

[@ahall1100]

@Brandon Biek same

[@reflex_rblxx9871]

eirly

[@tmr3421]

I thought that was what was happening

[@cookiecrumble5076]

Oof
Hello random person in this chat

[@elevens9776]

nice profile pic

[@CommentingPanda]

It works perfectly!! Number for number! That is awesome 😎 And people are still seeing it all these years later!

[@rodparker6530]

I’m going on holidays in a week. For two months.
I’ve got 4 grey shirts and three jeans. And one red jumper.
I call it the Tom Scott dress code. It will look Ok ten years from now.
Thanks Tom.

[@Ikesaint]

Him: The title wont be exactly right,
The Title: Literally exactly right

[@supresso8313]

Its because the way that youtube works with the views now

[@seagull1311]

Its 300 views off

[@ah1551]

it's off now by like 300 views

[@Po_124]

@@ah1551 It's exactly right again.

[@bigboss-q8691]

@@seagull1311 its right now

[@kormagogthedestroyer]

This is the most brilliant idea to get views ever created.

[@finestcustard5647]

The best part is that it’s one of the best UA-cam videos I’ve seen in a long time

[@itsalejandroe]

@@finestcustard5647 I'd definitely say is one of the best videos i've seen on youtube ever.

[@arnaudj.5314]

*This reply has exactly 1 like.*

[@mohammadzanjani1060]

@@arnaudj.5314 no

[@kingslayer999bs6]

@@mohammadzanjani1060 👍👍

[@snowymochim9182]

When i clicked it the views weren’t exact but then you mentioned about it refreshing so i checked and its exactly the same. This video is educating and at the same time fascinating!!

[@Jcassassin2001]

4 years later it’s perfect. Had to come back and see

[@akudate]

"the title of this video won't be exactly right"
"those bastards lied to me"

[@ThePromisedGamer]

Nah it's a miracle

[@BlueAvocado75]

@Thomas Kirkpatrick fr

[@TiredEyePilot]

Its exact for me right now

[@tcorphan17]

i love that after 10 months its still spot on

[@adonaiyah2196]

@@TiredEyePilot its a miracle

[@outside8312]

This is turning out to be way more accurate than Tom expected

[@JWBails]

I'd imagine the views presented by the UA-cam API are what are also used to show end users. All of the view fudging and aggregation will happen in the background before it's presented anywhere.

[@user-zn1hw4tf2g]

ikr

[@th1nk_720]

100%

[@hitpointalpha8691]

Outside it’s exactly the title

[@wizeller5040]

it´s perfect for me

[@MckNoob]

This is 100% right after 4 years

[@Handlv]

spot on every time

[@ashar682]

So according to him, this video will never stop being a miracle.

[@rainbowsonglyrics6018]

@DON'T reported lmao, hope you get banned

[@Spartan-hg7ej]

No the title of the video will always be wrong in some way it can be wrong right now and you'd never know it because it hasn't updated yet

[@friesthegamer6274]

@@rainbowsonglyrics6018 ? 😐

[@Nucky1]

it stopped

[@ChristianKuzdra-pp2st]

It’s wrong at the moment

[@aaronjansz5462]

"If its actually 100% spot on it's a miracle."
Perfect for me

[@DevilSpider_]

It's Perfect for me

[@4hj289]

Same

[@llamaplaysgames]

Same

[@gerzone_vlogs]

Same

[@feekygucker2678]

'sgood here

[@Doncroft1]

It's 100% spot on.

[@l3e3e3t]

Cool that after seeing this years ago it still comes up.

[@xtzyshuadog]

Tom: Nevermind the code
*Us: MIND THE CODE, THE TITLE IS RIGHT*

[@janenzmit2875]

YES

[@everyone343]

"If its actually 100% spot on its a miracle"

[@everyone343]

0:18

[@benhasaspike7511]

“Don’t bother refreshing and refreshing” everyone: *refreshes*

[@Mk-Nga]

Tru tru

[@shebahammy]

Benhasaspike 666 likes

[@minecraftlol5639]

Not true

[@shebahammy]

800th like

[@officergreg1318]

Bruh mine was exact

[@RedLightning64]

It was 100% spot on,

[@hiper_blox5436]

i just came here on 2024 to say the code still is working

[@thehat2869]

who else is always coming back to check if it’s still correct

[@nylecoj5123]

I just exited and played it again, it ended in 702 ( the title) and the actual view count was 438. (The last three digits)

[@acatnamedelon6174]

Me

[@thereisnofinishline5773]

Me

[@royenescarilla]

its correct now

[@timetraveler9518]

I am

[@Graphics_Card]

“If it’s spot on, it’s a miracle”
Here is your wish everyone! 👏

[@znn137]

69 likes

[@znn137]

😔 309 likes now

[@milesbaysir...7284]

@Vaggod1 470 likes :(

[@ColonelKernel129]

@YoZnn 810 likes now

[@Graphics_Card]

Yo I didn’t expect this to blow up

[@osiriswillow7213]

4 years in, over 72 million views, and the title is exactly correct

[@dromines03]

It’s exactly accurate for me at 72,184,143

[@loetarded]

"If the title is 100 percent correct, its a miracle"
Seems like it's been a very long miracle

[@NachoFreckle]

Exactly

[@paytonsrc5340]

It is omg

[@Alex-gp1fz]

I checked the views 3 times. 1. Correct. 2. Incorrect (had more views). 3. Correct.

[@provestic]

¿ ? U got 126 likes in one day wo

[@unoquadrado1807]

@@provestic 376